4英里!我只跑了4英里!我站在路边,沮丧地等着救援车来接我。这次堪萨斯城医院山的半程马拉松赛,我连一半都没跑完。6个月的训练就这么付诸东流了,就因为小小病毒的感染。肌肉扭伤,坏天气,这些我都有准备,可谁会料到咽喉受链球菌感染呢?加上吃的药有副作用,像心跳加快,喘不过气来,根本就没有跑完全程的希望。尽管如此,我的父母还是抱着一大束粉红色的玫瑰在终点线等着我。他们递过来的是苦涩的甜,因为我不是在冲过终点线后接的花,而是从车里爬出来接的花。我发誓要再去尝试。不巧的是,堪萨斯城的半程马拉松赛办得不多,而我的生活又忙碌起来了。就说一件事,我突然成了一个8岁孩子的妈妈。可爱的小曼蒂·波特收拾好东西,告别了她的养父母,搬到我们家空闲的卧室来住了。这个留着顽童式头发的红发孩子像大多数被收养的孩子一样,被转来转去。不幸的是,她的故事比其他孩子更让人操心。她两次被收养,开始向那不熟悉的夫妇叫爸爸妈妈,两次都让这些新父母感到压力太大了,他们把小曼蒂送回了收养所,社会服务人员把这叫做是收养关系破裂,我说这是心灵沟通的破裂。1.stretch[stret]n.(赛马跑道的)终点直道,直道【超纲】2.dejected[d′dektd]adj.沮丧的,垂头丧气的,情绪低落的,泄气的3.wagon[wgn]n.汽车4.down the drain[□]被浪费掉.失去,化为乌有【超纲】5.strep[strep][□]adj.=streptococcal 链球菌的,链球菌引起的【5级】6.clutch[klt]vt.紧抓,紧握【超纲】7.pixie[pks]n.(20世纪50年代流行的)顽童式女子短发型 4 miles! I only ran 4 miles! I stood on the side of the road and waited frustrated for the rescue vehicle to pick me up. In the half marathon of Kansas City Hospital Hill, I did not even finish half the race. Six months of training went so far as to be caused by a small virus infection. Muscle sprains, bad weather, I have these preparations, but who would expect the throat infection by streptococcus? Plus the medicine has side effects, such as rapid heartbeat, breathless, did not run completely hope. Despite this, my parents are still waiting for me at the finish line with a large pink rose. What they handed was bitter sweet, because I was not catching the flowers after passing the finish line, but climbing out of the car and picking it up. I vowed to try again. Unfortunately, the half marathon in Kansas City did not run much, and my life was busy again. To say one thing, I suddenly became the mother of an 8-year-old child. The lovely little Mandy Porter picked up her good stuff, bid farewell to her foster parents, and moved to the free bedroom of our house to live. This red-haired child with urchin-style hair was transferred around like most adopted children. Unfortunately, her story is more worrying than other children. She was adopted twice and started to call the unfamiliar couple mom and dad. Both of them made the new parents feel too much pressure. They sent the young Mandy back to the adoption agency. The social service staff called this an adoptive relationship. Broken, I say this is the breakdown of spiritual communication. 1.stretch[stret]n.(Race track) end straight, straight 2.dejected[d’dektd]adj. depressed, dejected, depressed, deflated 3.wagon[wgn]n The car 4.down the drain [□] is wasted. Lost, turned into nothingness [Superclass] 5.strep[strep][□]adj.=streptococcal Streptococcus, Streptococcus [5] 6. Clutch[klt]vt. Clutching, clasping (Super-class) 7.pixie[pks]n.(popular in the 1950s) urchin-style women’s short haircut